diff --git a/guix/import/egg.scm b/guix/import/egg.scm
index 52196583c4..0d6d72c465 100644
--- a/guix/import/egg.scm
+++ b/guix/import/egg.scm
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ (define-module (guix import egg)
 ;;;
 ;;; * Support for CHICKEN 4?
 ;;;
-;;; * Some packages will specify a specific version of a depencency in the
+;;; * Some packages will specify a specific version of a dependency in the
 ;;;   PACKAGE.egg file, how should we handle this?
 ;;;
 ;;; Code: